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Table 1

Distance to the clouds, mass in their H I and CO phases, SFR, and XCO factors.

Distance MHI (AV > 8 mag) SFR X
Name [pc] [M] [M] [M] [10−6 M yr−1] 1020 cm−2 K−1 km−1 s
Cet1 190 ± 30 4640 ± 720 200 ± 50 1.01 ± 0.16
Cet2 ′′ 3720 ± 580 330 ± 80
tauM1 140 ± 30 11 500 ± 2100 1650 ± 440 0.67 ± 0.01
tauM2 6920 ± 1150 6870 ± 1730 410 ± 100 18.5 ± 10.3 ′′
tauS1 160 ± 10 14 800 ± 800 760 ± 150 1.04 ± 0.05
tauS2 ′′ 6100 ± 300 250 ± 50 ′′
tauN1 190 ± 50 8100 ± 2200 470 ± 150 0.90 ± 0.03
tauN2 ′′ 10 600 ± 2900 660 ± 220 27 ± 9 1.2 ± 0.7 ′′
Auriga ′′ 5290 ± 670 2950 ± 670 ′′
Cal 410 ± 20 26 600 ± 1600 18 300 ± 3600 150 ± 30 6.8 ± 3.8 0.87 ± 0.03
ChaI 150 ± 10 5380 ± 720 640 ± 150 25 ± 6 1.1 ± 0.6 0.65 ± 0.02
ChaII-III ′′ 3570 ± 480 940 ± 220 9 ± 2 0.4 ± 0.2 ′′
ChaEastI ′′ 1830 ± 250 210 ± 50 ′′
ChaEastII ′′ 5870 ± 780 350 ± 80 ′′
Musca ′′ 5890 ± 590 220 ± 50 ′′

Notes. The SFR have been derived from the mass of dense molecular gas at AV > 8 mag. according tothe empirical relation expected from the “microphysics” of prestellar core formation within filaments (Shimajiri et al. 2017) : SFR = (4.5 ± 2.5) × 10−8 M yr−1 × (/M).

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